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UMBRELLA 0R- GANB HEAD. I No. 368,077. Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

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WITNESSES: I INVENTOR A ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. DU BOIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UMBRELLA OR CANE HEAD.

DSPE GIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,077, dated August9, 1887.

' I Application filed September 18, 1886. Serial No. 213,941. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, BENJAMIN F. DU 'BOIS,

' a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and

a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacle- Ohambersin the Heads of Umbrella Sticks or Canes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention consists in providing in the head of an umbrella stick orcane a chamber, (suitable for the reception and safe keeping of smallarticles, such as coin, car-tickets, &O.,) which is formed of two parts,the one adapted to swivel on the otherin a plane at right angles tothe-axis of the stick, substantially as will be hereinafter described.

The invention also consists in providing in the head of an umbrellastick or cane a chamber formed of two parts, oneof .which is adapted toswivel on the other in a plane at right angles to the axis of the stick,and when such parts are closed to be secured in such position, allsubstantially as hereinafter de-' scribed; and it further consists inproviding in the head of an umbrella stick or cane a chamber formed oftwo parts, one of which is adapted to swivel on the other in a plane atright angles to the axis of the stick, and one of the chamber-formingparts provided with a pivoted clasp having ears or projections whichengage with grooves in the said parts, substantially as hereinafterdescribed and shown, reference being had-to the accompany ing plate ofdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of an umbrella having thehandle-stick thereof provided with the receptacle of this invention.Fig. 2 is aview on a larger scale of the side of the handle-receptacle.Fig. '3 is a vertical section on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof thelower part of the handle-receptacle on a plane indicated by line 44,,Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of modifications to be hereinafterreferred to.

In the drawings, A represents the stick of an umbrella having at its enda a knob or handle, 13. This knob or handle B is made with an interiorchamber, 0, which chamber is adapted to be opened and closed by a lid orcover, D, which may form part of the knob B. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and3, the knobB is made in two hemispherical parts, each hollowed orchambered interiorly, and each part provided with a web, I) b",extending from the edge or circumference toward the center for a shortdistance, in one of which webs is astud, d, and in the other asocket, f,which studand socket fit the one within the other and allow a swivel orturning of the cover part D in a plane at right angles to the axis ofthe stick A upon the part F of the parts forming the knob or handle.Each of .the parts F D is provided with a groove, or other form ofdepression or shoulder, and to one or the other of the parts a clasp, G,is hinged or pivoted, as at h, which clasp has one or more cars orextensions, k, which are in the same axial plane as the grooves g, andwhen the clasp is closed the cars 70 project into the grooves g andprevent the turning or swivel of the cover part D upon the other, F, toopen the receptaclechamber. The face'of the clasp is of a correspondingarc shape to the circumferential curvature of the parts F D, so as tolie, when closed, snugly against same and to present no appreciableextension from thegeneral contour of the handle or knob formed by suchparts.

The hemispherical chambered parts F D, forming the knob or handle, arepreferably made of metal, and can be struck up in the usual way offorming metallic shells of.

similar shape, and the part F is provided with a tubular extension, E,into which the stick fits, and is secured with anysuitable fasteningdevice or means, and the interior of these chambered parts F D is linedwith a layer or thickness, at, of finishing and ornamental material,such as velvet or plush, enamel, cement, or other desirable material orsubstance.

While it is preferable and most practical to form theknob B of twohemispherical parts, F D, and each chambered as shown, each of suchparts may be exteriorly hemispherical, or more or less approaching thatshape, and only one of them chambered, the other being solid, or onlyone, and either one, may be hemispherical and chambered, as seen inFigs. 5 and 6, andwhere it is the outer one, D, as shown in Fig. 6, theumbrella should be held with handle end downward in swinging the saidpart D open first releasing the clasp therefor-to prevent the articlesin the receptacle from falling from the chamber 0 before being pickedtherefrom by the person holding the umbrella or cane.

In Fig. 5 a series of partitions, n, are shown in the chamber of thehandleknob in which coins or other articles may be placed and held fromrattling, and in Fig. 6 a spring, p, is

shown, which would serve a similar purpose,

and also would prevent the articles from falling out on an opening ofthe chamber-lid or part D. Other manners of adaptation of the parts forbeing opened and closed and secured closed than herein described maybeemployed, such as a hinge-joint to the lid of the chambered knob similarto a watch-case cap-hinge, and also other forms of clasp or catch may beused than that shown; but the manner de scribed of swiveling and offastening the parts is simple, cheap, practical, and satisfactory. Thelining of the interior with a finishing material allows the use of aninferior metal, such as brass or copper, the corrosion of which willhave no effect on the interior, while the exterior may be nickel,silver, or gold plated, as desired, as also can be the interior.

The convenience of such a receptacle on an umbrella or walkingstick isevident, especially at such times as a person has on gloves and it isinconvenient to put his hand in his pocket for coin, car-tickets, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. An umbrella stick or cane having aknob or chamber at its handle endformed of parts F D, the one adapted to swivel on the otherin a plane atright angles to the axis of the stick, substantially as described.

2. An umbrella stick or cane having a knob or chamber at its handle endformed of parts F D, the one adapted to swivel 011 the otherin a planeat right angles to the axis of the stick and when closed to be securedin such position, substantially as described.

8. An umbrella stick or cane having aknob or chamber at its handle endformed of parts F D, the one adapted to swivel on the other in a planeat right angles to the axis of the stick, one of said parts F D beingprovided with a pivoted clasp, G, having ears k, which engage withgrooves g in the said parts, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 16th day of August, 1886.

BENJM. F. DU BOIS.

\Vitnesses:

B. HAMILTON, War. Sums BELLOWS.

